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Berberis fremontii is in the Barberry family or Berberidaceae…that’s fun to pronounce. Fremont barberry has quite a range north of the Salt River i...
- Added: Sep 28, 2021
- Length: 05:03
There is no getting around it, every summer monsoon when the borderlands come to life it is so exciting!
- Added: Sep 28, 2021
- Length: 05:23
I spent so much time jabbering about my conversion to a desert rat and monsoon believer that I left out some fun stuff.
Native bees that buzz poll...
- Added: Sep 28, 2021
- Length: 04:43
Night has fallen on the desert, the desert at its most brutal. The punishing desert, the earthly purgatory, the sun-blasted wilderness so many hero...
- Added: Jun 18, 2021
- Length: 28:00
How did the mythic western cowboy learn to yodel?
The unlikely history of voice breaking in American music, and what it says about us.
- Added: Feb 02, 2021
- Length: 31:31
We have two of the most entertaining, self-made, grunt-ass Marines I know on today’s show for you, and they really couldn’t be more different from ...
- Added: Jan 11, 2021
- Length: 58:01
In this episode of the FEHLER podcast, Sylvia Cunningham, deputy editor at our partner radio station KCRW Berlin, compiles five stories that show j...
- Added: Sep 24, 2020
- Length: 50:35
On today’s episode of The Apple Seed we' re bringing you stories featuring young people who would gladly trade places with an adult, if only to esc...
- Added: Sep 02, 2020
- Length: 54:59
- Purchases: 2
Since producing this episode of Growing Native we have encountered Jatropha macrorhiza a couple more times. A recent sighting was over near the New...
- Added: Aug 08, 2020
- Length: 05:17
I think that the common name of orange sneezeweed may be a bit misleading. The flowers we saw and photographed were more on the yellow side, but th...
- Added: Jul 09, 2020
- Length: 05:18
When one white woman working in Hollywood received a surprise residuals check, she skipped the bank and deposited it straight to Twitter. She offer...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Jun 18, 2020
- Length: 03:56
- Purchases: 3
In this episode we will see examples of some of the influential people and stories from one’s life, and how these stories continue to influence gen...
Bought by WYAP
- Added: Apr 21, 2020
- Length: 56:34
- Purchases: 1
What is it about sycamore trees? When I mention a sycamore or show a photo of one to someone, invariably they declare their love of the tree. Well,...
- Added: Mar 17, 2020
- Length: 04:55
An innocent nerdy-boy-turned-soldier visits his pot-smoking friend in the Muslim quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem in the late 1980s. Tensions r...
- Added: Jan 28, 2020
- Length: 21:47
A collection of stories that explore wisdom and luck.
Bought by Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920
- Added: Jan 22, 2020
- Length: 57:56
- Purchases: 1
Commemorate Chinese New Year in 2020 through Music and Words.
Bought by Spokane Public Radio and WVTF
- Added: Jan 11, 2020
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
Zombies. I hate them the way Indiana Jones hates snakes. As part of my series Imaginary Worlds, I confront my biggest phobia with the help of a zom...
Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WABE, and PRX Remix
- Added: Dec 27, 2019
- Length: 16:54
- Purchases: 3
You know you haven’t been hiking or botanizing out in the desert or grassland enough when you look to the roadsides for interesting plants, but I’l...
- Added: Sep 24, 2019
- Length: 05:13
The scientific name for our gopher snake (or gophersnake. I’ve seen it written both ways) is Pituophis catenifer. The genus looks like a combinatio...
- Added: Aug 20, 2019
- Length: 05:31
I am 16, and my piece is about asking different people about their experience on the Red Line, or the “EL” better known as the “Soul train”.
- Added: Aug 09, 2019
- Length: 08:25
World Pieces Host Jason Kladiva arrives in Iceland and learns about how Icelanders identify themselves, a genealogy app and the importance of swimm...
- Added: Jul 01, 2019
- Length: 07:58
- Added: Mar 18, 2019
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
The Jay Leno Comedy Challenge launched many wannabe comedians into their comedy careers, and Jan is one of them. It was a nationwide search to put ...
- Added: Dec 11, 2018
- Length: 04:46
Comedians don’t always have good shows, and they know that. But all bombing is not equal. . . sometimes it’s a little worse that others. Here’s a s...
- Added: Dec 10, 2018
- Length: 04:21
Ever Break someone's heart and have it come back to haunt you? Tales of teens who discover if dating karma exists.
- Added: Oct 05, 2018
- Length: 25:24
